Sunday, September 28 2008
This story from
The Leaf Chronicle reports that Kentucky, a state "deeply rooted in a tobacco culture," is now being faced with restrictions on smoking in a growing number of cities.
Cities across Kentucky - still one of the country's leading tobacco-producing states - are restricting when and where smokers can light up. The restrictions range from strict local bans that forbid all indoor smoking in public buildings or work places to less-stringent limits that make allowances for bars and bingo halls. Some permit smoking in separate rooms with ventilation systems.
It's a stark difference from the days when people could light up cigarettes just about everywhere.
"The heritage is something of the past," said Rod Kuegel, who grows burley tobacco in Daviess County in western Kentucky. "As you take away the tobacco culture, you take away that defensive mode."
More smoking bans debated in tobacco-growing Ky.
